Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb, 1969
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† Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb, 1969
Arredondo’s Owl; Búho de Arredondo
( Figure 12 View FIGURE 12 : C–D)
Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb, 1969 , Quart. Jour. Florida Acad. Sci., Vol. 31, no.2, p.112.
Referred material. San Felipe II: Proximal half of the left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4808.
Description. The tarsometatarsus MNHNCu 75.4808, despite being fragmentary, does not match that of any other Cuban owl in its size and robustness ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 C–D). It is referred to Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb, 1969 , by the shortness of its preserved shaft and by the marked anteroposterior curvature, diagnostic of this taxon ( Brodkorb 1969; Arredondo & González Gotera 1982). The bone is also wide and recall the proportions in the much smaller tarsometatarsi present in species of Glaucidium Boie , but also Surnia Linnaeus.
Measurements (holotype of Pulsatrix arredondoi in parentheses, after Brodkorb 1969:113). Tarsometatarsus.—Proximal width: 12.0 (14.1); length of the base of the inner calcaneal ridge: 13.0 (13.6); depth of the outer edge: 4.4 (4.1).
Comments. This is the first record of the species for Las Breas de San Felipe. Pulsatrix arredondoi is known from caves deposits located in western and central Cuba ( Arredondo 1984; Cuello 1988; Arredondo & Olson 1994; O. Jiménez Vázquez comm. pers. 2011).
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